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AVIIVA EM2/EM4 User Manual

1. dua Li 13 Status ee DB SING VOU 14 2 04 Power COMME CT ON RES 14 GETTING SIAR e eoe oH Lou ented oh Set waka sone LE 18 Ourol 18 42 ID 19 5 CAMERA SOFTWARE INTERFACE 20 Di 3conttoland 20 5 2 Serial Protocol and Command Format sese 2 rc ono erences testes see tances 21 92 Coa SS SIN sss s ua DM equ pd cuo 21 5022 GENL DTE 21 o Camera COMMIMON GS 22 525 5 22 532 DM EUM 23 533 Storis Temperature S Tandbys ose os u ca aes MEE 24 20 Tr Ol ING CE 25 2 10130 AVIIVA 2 4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Line Scan Camera 5 3 5 Exposure and Synchronization xe exa ve A SEU 27 DSO G land 32 5 3 6 1 TT
2. 33 5 3 6 2 BG GB8e Luya 34 0 3 6 3 Contrast XUN SION u eua mU M I SE NR C MIEL EURO 36 03 7 2 M MARIAM 37 0 3 7 1 Activation Filter and EE tances 39 5 3 7 2 Automatic v adeo tei vui AS edle 40 5 3 7 3 Manual Feld Correc E 42 5 3 7 4 Fe User Bank uuu L ul Shu aa D 43 Up 44 5 5 9 STATISTICS Line PPOTIIG uu eise usa u ya sun 46 5 3 10 We Level 47 5 3 11 Save d RESTON SSS UV NGS xu ua siia o vives seas eat uU ankata apakuk kakuyan 48 APPENDIX A Test Pafferns 49 61 Test Pattern 1 Vertical wave 49 6 2 Test Pattern 2 In 8 DITS formot oue comes ee dta toi 49 BB seen IU MM IM 49 OLE SU NILUS a a 49 5 23 L048 PIONS 50 REED
3. bond 1p Cerf ege Famat CD size jai mode fectum B Scrat Durable test mace pattern uno DID aa B tote Enable Ji en hardware J a aaa er bals E cr belang 0 fof i bog Hail UC Cum B Sautrate 9800 Eck C3 i B canora prive level Patio change pretege level CJ time anus i Lins paved 2 us B synchronisation mode Fre Garemoffsuts Flat Field correction K LUT hd For sxtended control xl e Far conte C save Pe restore settings Ce Pa BPS Bane LEBSrspESAUE Done B carert iserser 20 10130 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 52 Serial Protocol and Command Format The Camera Link interface provides two LVDS signal pairs for communication between the camera and the frame grabber This is an asynchronous serial communication based on RS 232 protocol The serial line configuration is gt Full duplex without handshaking gt 9600 bauds default 8 bit data no parity bit 1 stop bit The baud rate can be set up to 115200 5 2 1 Syntax Internal camera configurations are activated by write or readout commands The command syntax for write operation is
4. ME C 63 3 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO 2 4 Line Scan Camena 10 APPENDIX E COMMAND SUMMARY 4 IO Ir ora r u uD EUN 64 192 Dump and Comimunicatioltss uuu 64 103 Standby Temperature Status UEM eis 65 TOA opa uuu uuu DI AVI On DNI MM M UM ME 65 10 5 Exposure and RE REA MARINE eee 66 920 f Se sedet 66 107 sese EHI 68 10 9 Pe eer ere ree tr 69 Statistics andi Line 69 10 10 Privilege ao Med eram resin eoe 70 SAVE Restore ce diae 70 11 APPENDIX F REVISION History 71 4 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 1 CAMERA OVERVIEW 11 Features Sensor o 512 14 14 or 1024 14 14 or 2048 14x14um 4096 10x10um pixels for Machine Vision versions o 1024 14 2 or 2048 10x20um 2048 14x28um pixels for OCT Spectrometer Versions BA9 Interface CameraLink
5. 2 Pixel 1 e 3 Value 0 4 8 53 1013D AVIIVA 2 4 02 11 511 512 513 1022 1023 1024 2040 2044 2051 4077 4091 4095 1022 1023 1024 4084 4088 4092 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 6 4 3 2048 Pixels 1784 2 1536 Pixel 1 e 3 1024 1025 1026 2045 2046 2047 2048 Value 2 4 2046 2049 2051 4089 4091 4093 4095 2 Pixel 1 2 3 2045 2046 2047 2048 Value 2 4 4089 4091 4093 4094 6 4 4 4096 Pixels Pixel 1 2 3 4 5 6 4092 4093 4094 4095 4096 Value 0 1 e 3 4 5 4091 4092 4093 4094 4095 54 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 7 7 1 55 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 APPENDIX Thermal Management Heat Sinks The most important source of heat in the camera is around the sensor The EM4 Camera dissipates around 11W max with 4 taps at 40MHz 4K pixels version The Camera has been designed to dissipates the maximum of the internal heat through its front face The packaging of the sensor is larger to increase the surface in contact with the front face and then improves the dissipation In the system the camera has to be fixed by its front face with the largest contact possible with a metallic part Without any specific cooling system a simple air flow around the camera will improve roughly the dissipation The EM4 EM2 Cameras are already delivered with 2 Heat Sinks but if necessary additional heat sinks
6. Read 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from addr address Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient gt Write function w ffco addr val Write 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from the addr address val is the concatenation of individual FPN values without space between the values one unsigned short per coefficient PRNU coefficients modification Direct access to the coefficients for reading or writing The PRNU coefficients are read packets of x128 coefficients gt Read function r ffcg lt addr gt Read 128 consecutive PRNU user coefficients starting from addr address Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient gt Write function w ffcg addr val Write 128 consecutive user coefficients starting from the addr address val is the concatenation of individual PRNU values without space between the values one unsigned short per coefficient 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 5 3 7 4 FFC User Bank Management The new processed FFC values can be saved or restored in from 4 x User banks Both Gains and Offsets in the same time but also the FFC Adjust User target and associated gain These functions are available in the Flat Field correction Save amp Restore FFC section Di l
7. command name command parameters CR The command syntax for readout operation is command name xCR 5 2 2 Command Processing Each command received by the camera is processed gt The setting is implemented if valid gt The camera returns return code gt lt CR gt The camera return code has to be received before sending a new command Table 5 1 Camera Returned Code Returned code meaning 20 or All right the command will be implemented gt 16 Command Error Command not recognize or doesn t exist gt 33 Invalid Access the receipt of the last command has failed gt 34 Parameter out of range the parameter of the last command send is out of range gt 35 Access Failure communication between two internal devices 5 2 3 GenICam ready GEN lt ISCAM The CameraLink Standard is not yet compliant with GenICam Standard but as much as possible each command of the AVIIVA EM2 EM4 will have its correspondence with the Standard Feature Naming Convention of the GenIcam Standard This correspondence is given in parenthesis for each feature command as the following example e Vendor name DeviceVendorName e2v 21 10130 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 Camera Commands 5 3 1 Information These values allow to indentify the Camera They can be accessed in CommCam software in the Info section 3 Info B vendor name i
8. 3 2 Channels interlaced 1Obits 2 x 40MHz or 80Mhz 10 bits 4 2 Channels interlaced 12bits 2 x 40MHz or 80Mhz 12 bits 5 Medium 40MHz EM4 only 4 Channels x 40MHz 8bits CameraLink Standard Medium mode in 4x40MHz 4 Channels x 40MHz 10bits CameraLink Standard Medium mode in 4x40MHz 1 4 Channels x 40MHz 12bits CameraLink Standard Medium mode in 4x40MHz 2 Structure of the Camera Link Channels for interfacin Camera EM2 o Base 40MHz 2 x Channels interlaced Channel 1 AD II Channel 2 h gt Camera EM4 o Base 80MHz 2 x Channels separate diverge Channel 1 awas lt Channel 2 TEL IIT 26 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 o Medium 40MHz 4 x channels diverging interlaced by 2 Channel 1 M li Channel 3 Channel 2 ee TS Channel 4 5 3 5 Exposure and Synchronization Synchronisation Mode SynchroMode Timed or Triggered it defines how the grabbing is synchronized This command is available in the CommCam Exposure section 3 9 Exposure BB synchronisation mode Free nun Free run External trigger with exposure time variable External trigger with maximum exposure time One external trigger with external exposure Two external triggers with external exposure time gt Read function Returned by the camera e O Free Run mode e 1 Ext Trig with Integration time set in the Camera 2 Ext Trig w
9. is the concatenation in hexadecimal of individual LUT values without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient Save amp Restore LUT in User Banks The LUT loaded in RAM memory can be saved or restored in from 4 User banks These functions are available in the LUT Save amp Restore LUT Settings section POT Pe E E LUT Click For extended control J Vs E23 Save amp restore LUT settings LLIT Set Selector User 1 LUT Seb Done B Currently Set LIser 4 Restore LUT from Bank RestorelLUTFromBank Restore the LUT from a User Bank in the current RAM Memory Read function r rlut Get the current LUT Bank used Returned by the camera 1 to 4 for User banks gt Write function rlut val Bank val 1 to 4 for User banks o Save LUT in User Bank 5 7 ToBank Save current LUT in User Bank gt Can not de read gt Write function wlut lt val gt User bank val if from 1 to 4 The bank number val is given in LUT Se Selector 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 9 Statistics and Line Profile 46 This function allows the User to get some statistics on a pre defined ROI On request the Camera acquires and then calculates some key values as the min the max the average or the standard deviation in this Region of Interest The grab and calculation command and also the collection of the results
10. String of 32 bytes including 0 Cannot be written 22 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Device User ID DeviceUserID Camera user identifier ID Read function r cust Returned by the camera String of 128 bytes including O gt Write function w cust lt idstr gt 5 3 2 Dump and Communication e Dump Allows to dump all the Camera info settings in a text file This command is available the CommCam View Menu GA bump intarmnhHnan File View Setup 7 Fey Hyper Terminal Ckrl Y W Live Display Ctrl Dump camera BaudRate ComBaudRate Set the Camera BaudRate This command is available in the CommCam Com section El Com Baud rate 9600 Bds gt Read function r baud Returned by the camera Value of the Baud Rate gt Write function w baud index with the index as follows 1 9600 Bauds default value at power up 2 19200Bds 6 5760085 12 115200Bds After changing the communication rate the communication with the Camera could be interrupted with the application CommCam or whatever it has made this change The application has to reconnect with the appropriate baudrate The baudrate will automatically switch to 9600 bds at the next power down up 23 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 3 St
11. Value 0 0 1 254 255 255 255 255 49 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 6 2 3 2048 Pixels 1535 1784 Pixel 1 e 3 8 9 2040 2041 m 2047 2048 Value 0 0 B 0 1 m 254 255 m 255 255 6 2 4 4096 Pixels Pixel 1 2 3 E 16 17 4080 4081 m 4095 4096 Value 0 0 E 0 1 254 255 255 255 50 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 6 3 Test Pattern 2 In 10 bits format 6 3 1 512 Pixels Pixel 1 2 3 m 256 257 258 509 510 511 512 Value 2 4 510 513 515 1017 1019 1021 1023 EM2 Pixel 1 2 3 509 510 511 512 Value 2 4 1016 1018 1020 1022 6 3 2 1024 Pixels Pixel 1 2 3 1022 1023 1024 Value 0 1 2 1021 1022 1023 51 1013D AVIIVA 2 4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 6 3 3 2048 Pixels Pixel 1 e 3 4 5 6 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 Value 0 1 1 2 2 1021 1022 1022 1023 1023 6 3 4 4096 Pixels 1 cB 13 1541 4 b 402 4093 4094 4095 4096 O 1 1022 1023 1023 1023 1023 52 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 6 4 Test Pattern 2 In 12 bits format 6 4 1 512 Pixels EM4 Pixel 1 2 3 Value 0 8 16 2 Pixel 1 e 3 Value 0 8 16 6 4 2 1024 Pixels 255 256 257 m 510 511 512 2040 2055 2063 4079 4087 4095 510 511 512 4072 4080 4088 EM4 Pixel 1 2 3 Value 0 4 8
12. 2 2 1 4 5 FPN peak peak LSB 2 7 7 30 PRNU hf 7o 0 2 05 0 2 0 2 PRNU peak peak y 1 3 2 18 With Flat Field Correction PRNU hf LSB 0 7 2 15 34 PRNU peak peak LSB 5 10 5 24 Test conditions Figures in LSB are for 12bits format Stabilized temperature 30 40 55 Measured at exposure time 100ys and line period 10065 Room Front Face Internal Maximum data rate 4 x 40 MHz SNR Calculated at 75 Vsat with Light source 3200K with BG38 filter 2 mm thickness minimum Gain 8 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 22 Image Sensor The Tap structure of the sensors is the following EM4 sensors Pixel 1 Last pixel 2 sensors Pixel 1 Last pixel On the BAY Versions the pixel is rectangular in order to facilitate the positioning of the Camera in the spectrometer gt 20m height for the 1Oum pitch gt 28m height for the 14 pitch 1 A custom height up to 100um for the 10um pitch and 50um for the 14um possible on demand Contact your sales Office 9 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 2 3 Response amp QE curves 2 3 1 Quantum Efficiency 0 9 QE 95 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 2 3 2 Spectral Response Response LSB nJ cm 200 180 160 14u BAO 140 10 BAO 120 14u 9 10 B
13. 50 6 3 Test Pattern 2 In 10 bits formaot n ue satt tho 5 O al MEME PC MR Ke 51 oo V NR 51 omo 9s MEC Or oa TENERENT 52 AOJO Pi suu unu DIM e ME Rr UM MERC UE 52 6 4 Test Pattern 2 In 12 bits 22022 2 2 202 000000000000000000000000000000 00 53 IP PIXOS 53 ero P 53 54 5 L048 PIXE S 2 u LAU LI NOS UNE RIE 54 Odd AOIR S obsita D tukaq 54 7 APPENDIX Thermal 2 2 2 22 2 55 Lcid ARRIERE 55 Temperature tu ciiin 56 7 3 Performance curves versus 1 57 8 APPENDIX Optical Mounts available 59 61 NS Rellene 59 Bo ov LI 60 B 9 Pe MAXL MOUNTS u um u aat bb sat hu dnd ee tana 61 9 APPENDIX D 62 O MEE ucc RR 62 9i dCommcant COMME TION acai eae MD
14. 9600Bds always boot with 9600bds Set CL RS232 baudrate to 19200Bds Set CL RS232 baudrate to 57600Bds 64 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 10 3 Standby Temperature and Status Read internal temperature format signed Q10 2 signed 8 Temperature bits plus 2 bits below comma Value from 512 to 511 in C Standby mode Standby Disable standby mode False w stby 1 Enable standby mode True no more video available but save power and temperature Camera Status Register Get camera status StatusWaitFor Trigger Bit O true if camera waits for a trigger during more than 1s Status Trigger TooFast Bit 1 true if camera trigger is too fast Status WarningOverflow Bit 8 true if aan overflow occurs during FFC calibration or Tap balance StatusWarningUnderflow Bit 9 true if aan underflow occurs during FFC calibration or Tap balance StatusErrorHardware Bit 16 true if hardware error detected 104 Image Format CCD Width SensorWidth Integer 512 to 4096 Signal Source Set signal source to CCD sensor TestImageSelector Set signal source to user pattern 1 Set signal source to user pattern 2 r srce Get current signal source OutputMode Get current output mode 65 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 10 5 Exposure and Synchronization SynchroMode programmable programmable integration time to its maximum integration
15. contral Reset FPM Done AJ FPN value size 2 gt Write function w rsto 0 Reset set to the FPN coefficients memory This doesn t affect the FFC User Memory Bank but only the active coefficients in Memory PRNU Calibration o PRNU Calibration Control Launch or abort of the process for the Gains calculation This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section 3 Flat field correction m Automatic calibration Flat Field calibration control Done Flat Field calibration abort Done gt Read function r calg Returns the PRNU Calculation Process Status 0 if finished 1 if processing gt Write function w 1 Launch the Calibration Process Abort the PRNU Calibration Process o PRNU coefficient Reset P9NURese Reset the PRNU Gains coefficient in Memory This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Manual Calibration section S 73 Flat field correction Manual calibration Click For extended control Reset FFC Done gt Write function w rstg Reset set to 0 the FPN coefficients in memory This doesn t affect the FFC User Memory Bank but only the active coefficients in Memory Some Warnings can be issued from the PRNU FPN Calibration Process as pixel Overflow of Pixel Underflow because some pixels ha
16. in ORANGE Then after a Maximum of 30 seconds the LED must turn ina following colour Colour and state Meaning Green and continuous OK Green and blinking slowly Waiting for Ext Trig Trig1 and or Trig2 Red and continuous Camera out of order Internal firmware error 3 21 Power Connector Camera connector type Hirose HR10A 7R 6PB male Cable connector type Hirose HR10A 7P 65 female Signal Pin Signal Pin PWR 1 GND 4 PWR 2 GND 5 PWR 3 GND 6 3 Power supply from 12 to 24v Power 11W max with an typical inrush current Camera side description peak of 2 2A during power up Inrush Current Typical T 24V 2 54 values consumption 2 Camera 12V 0 764 0 614 In standby mode at 24V gt Power around 3 7W gt Current 0 155A K Current A eed 2 4 Time m s Power up Time Around 30s 14 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 3 3 CameraLinkOutput Configuration AVIIVA 2 Mode Base 2 Channels 8bits 2 Channels 10bits 2 Channels 12bits AVIIVA EM4 Modes Base 80MHz Connector 1 only 2 Channels 8bits Channels 10bits 2 Channels 12bits Medium connectors 1 and 2 4 Channels x 40MHz 8bits 4 Channels x 40MHz 10bits 4 Channels x 40MHz 12bits Connector CL1 assignment table Port Bit Medium 8 bits Port AO AO Port A1 Al Port A2 A2 Port A3 A3 Port A4 A4 Port 5 5 Port A6 A6 Port A7 7 Port BO BO Po
17. is not performed in real time as it is done through the serial connection This function and the results are available in CommCam in the Line Profile Average Section TRACCE E LirieProflverage Click For extended control Line profil average measurement Done Abort ine profil average measurement Dore Pixel access ine number L024 ines ui Pixel ROT chert 1024 Fixe ROI width 20 B wee 1 Pire pot deviation 1 B rie sermo 0 mex 1 value size 2 Line Profile average measurement LineAverageProfile Control the grab and computation of the statistics gt Read function pixs Get the status of the calculation Returned by the camera O finished 1 running gt Write function rffc 1 Start the accumulation and then the computing w rffc O Abort the computing The Calculated values are detailed as following o Pixel average Value Pixe ROIMean Average gray level value calculated on whole Region of interest gt Read function Get the average value Returned by the camera Unsigned format value U12 4 o Pixel Standard deviation Pixe ROISfandaraDeviati on standard deviation of all the pixel gray level values of Region of interest gt Read function pstd Get the standard deviation Returned by the camera Unsigned format value U12 4 o Pixel Min value Pixe ROIMin Minimum gray level pixel value on the wh
18. line If each Camera performs its own Flat field correction relative to the max of each pixel line the result will be a succession of Camera lines at different levels The FFC Adjust function allows to set the same target value for all the Cameras in the system and then to get a perfect uniform line whole along the system with a precision of 1 LSB to the Target The reasonable value for the User Target is not more than around 2076 of the max value of the line 5 3 7 2 Automatic Calibration FPN DSNU Calibration o FPN Calibration Control FPNCal ibrationCtr Launch or abort of the FPN process for the Offsets calculation These commands are available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section Flat field correction Automatic calibration Read function r calo Returns the FPN Calculation Process Status 0 if finished 1 if processing Write function calo 1 Launch the FPN Calibration Process calo O Abort the FPN Calibration Process FPN calibration control Done calibration abort Done 40 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 o FPN Coefficient Reset FPNGese Reset the FPN Offsets coefficient in Memory This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Manual Calibration section Flat field correction 1 Manual FPN calibration Click Far extended
19. mw Amp Gain 010 16dB _ 10dB 18 1908 12 piece 24dB 2dB 6 cM 0 OdB 8dB 222221 gt best tuning is when the Amplification Gain is set at its minimum possible Each change of Preamp Gain value loads automatically the associated values of the Tap balance Gain and offset for each sensor tap This action takes more time than simply changing the Amplification Gain 32 10130 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 The Global Chain of Gain is described as following LUT or Tap Balance Contrast Exp Offset Gain 1 Offset Gain CCD m HN m Action on whole line Action per pixel Action per sensor s Tap 5 3 6 1 Analog Gain Preamp Gain GainAbs with GainSelector Set the Pre amplification Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section The Preamp Gain is set by step of 648 EF Gains amp Offsets Presmp gan AB Gain Se ee 21 dB Offset Digital Gain gt Read function pamp Returned by the camera Integer corresponding to one of the 5 different step values 0 24dB 1 18dB 2 12dB 3 4 098 gt Write function pamp int Gain Ga nAbs with GainSelector Set the Amplification Gain This command is available in the Com
20. of 1 gray levels 35 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 5 3 6 3 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 o Gain BlackLevelRaw with BlackLevelSelectorzTapX gt Read function r fga tap tap is 1 to 4 4 1 to 2 Returns the Gain value for the tap r returns Gain value 1 gt Write function w fga tap lt value gt tap 110 4 EM4 or 1 to value from 128 to 127 by step of 1 0 0021dB each step Contrast Expansion Digital Gain GainAbs with GainSelector DigitalAll Set the global Digital Gain This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section Gains amp Offsets A Preamp gain B cn Digital Gan 0 255 gt Read function r gdig Returned by the camera Integer value from O to 255 The corresponding Gain is calculated as 20log 1 val 64 in dB gt Write function gdig int Digital Offset ElackLeve Raw with B lackLevelSelector All Set the global Digital Offset This command is available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset section Gains amp Offsets Be nies Preamp gan gS T iB 5 D 4096 4195 Digital Gain 4 Read function offs Returned by the camera Value from 4096 to 4095 in LSB c Write function offs int The Contrast Expansion both Digital Gain amp Offset will be au
21. to automatically when the balance process is finished Offset Balance control in CommCam Stops the offset balance No action if the process is already finished Abort Offset balance Control in o Gains Balance GainAutoBalance gt Read function balg Returns the Tap Balance status 0 if finished gt Write function 1 Starts the offset balance The value switches back to O automatically when the balance process is finished Gain Balance control in CommCam w O Stops the Gain balance No action is the process is already finished Abort Gain balance Control in CommCam Manual Gain amp Offset Tap balance All the commands are available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset Automatic Balance section 3 C3 Gains amp Offsets Manual balance e Offset adjustment 1 uM Offset adjustment 2 Offset adjustmer 3 Offset adjustment 4 Gain adjustmerk 1 sain adjustment 2 Gain adjustmert 3 Gain c oo 8 oo 0 o Tap Offset GainAbswith GainSelector DigitalTapx gt Read function off lt tap gt tap is 1 to 4 4 1 to 2 Returns the Offset value for the tap r offf returns offset value gt Write function off tap lt value gt tap is 1 to 4 4 or 1 to 2 2 value from 128 to 127 by step
22. to LPmin Readout 1 326 31 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 5 3 6 Gain and Offset Ultimate Concept A different way to set the Gain in order to improve the Tap balance The U Concept has been developed to get a real improvement in term of tuning for the multi Tap sensors As each sensor tap is driven by a different analog Chain for an increasing of the global gain of the Camera each tap can have a different behavior on its own Gain and offset This means that to be perfectly adjusted a balance of the taps should be performed ideally after each change of the Gain The Ultimate Concept offers a solution as following The Global analog Gain of the Camera is divided in 2 parts gt preamp Gain which is composed of several steps 5 x steps of 6dB from 24dB to OdB on the AVIIVA EM2 EM4 gt An amplification Gain with a continuous tuning from OdB 8dB on the 2 4 At each step of Preamp Gain a Tap balance has been performed in factory for both Gains and Offsets and saved in ROM memory When a new value of Preamp Gain is set the factory settings of the both Gain and offset balance is automatically reloaded For sure the user can also perform his own balance automatically or manually and can save it in one of the four dedicated memory banks After the Preamp Gain level the user can add more gain by using the Amplification Gain Pre Amp
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24. 5 1us to 6553 by step o 100ns gt Write function tint value This value of exposure time is taken in account only when the synchronisation mode is free run or Ext Trig with Exposure time set 1 Otherwise it s ignored gt The real effective minimum exposure time value is 1ps Line Period LinePeriod Defines the Line Period of the Camera in Timed mode This command is available in the CommCam Exposure section EL Exposure eg ro yita Exposure time 195 us Line per S ines B Line period vf synchronisation mode 1200 us gt Read function Returned by the camera Integer from 1 to 65536 0 1us to 6553 6 step 100ns gt Write function tper value The line period is active only in Free Run mode It s also disabled if in this mode the Integration time is set higher than the Line Period The Line frequency indication line per second is calculated as 1 Line Period gt The real effective minimum Line Period value accepted by the camera is indicated below the Line period can t be set under a certain minimum value otherwise it will be ignored by the camera which will return an error code This minimum value is defined as follows 512 pixels 1k pixels 2k pixels pixels For 7 72 14 12 5 gt 26 92 5 52 52us For EMA 4 52us 7 72ps 14 12ys 26 92 5 Note that these values are equivalent
25. 8 Model name AVIIVAENMACLAOIDPMI 899 Device Firmware Version 0 4 0 Device version Defined production Contig Device manufacturer info Configi 2 Device User id camera identification user purpose Electronic board ID BrdID Configi All these values are fixed in factory and can t be changed shaded except the Camera User ID which can be fixed by the Customer e Vendor name DeviceVendorName gt Read function vdnm Returned by the camera e2v string of 32 bytes including O gt be written Model Name DeviceMode Name Internal name for GenICam Read function mdnm Returned the camera String of 32 bytes including O Cannot be written Firmware Version DevicefirmwareVersion Get camera synthetic firmware version PKG version gt Read function dfwv Returned the camera String of 16 bytes including O Cannot be written e Device Version DeviceVersion Get Camera Hardware version gt Read function dhwv Returned by the camera String of 32 bytes including 0 Cannot be written Device Manufacturer Info DeviceManufacturerInfo Get Camera ID gt Read function idnb Returned by the camera String of 128 bytes including O Cannot be written Electronic board ID E ectronicBoardID Get PcB Board ID gt Read function r boid Returned by the camera
26. AVIIVA EM2 EM4 Line Scan Monochrome Camera User Manual 2 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Line Scan Camera Summary 1 CAMERA OVERVIEW iet Bero dp e eh dus 5 1 1 ncc MU MEM M MM ee OE 5 L2 Kev L sau o 5 Lot Machine Vision Versions A a ole 5 12 2 OCT Spectrometer versions BAD uuu IR ERR EE IER NENNEN NDERIT 6 D23 Common Characteristics uuu uu Ea 6 DESPON E E E 7 7 EMEN ve CNN ec 7 2 CAMERA 6 8 2 1 Camera c abu au E 8 211 Machine Vision Versions BAO0 n u aan 8 ZONE LEN OCT VERSIONS BAS RT 8 cc Image 9 29 JResbOlse d GE CUI VES s oett scents dad MM iR alvi EUM eee eae 10 La QUINT ETT CEN Y o TES 10 gc 9249 E A O E NNS 10 CAMERA HARDWARE 11 31 Mechanical E N TAE TO O EE 11 so WTnp tiourput Connectors LED MUTET e ped 13 STATUS
27. AY 100 80 60 40 20 0 Wavelength nm 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 10 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 3 CAMERA HARDWARE INTERFACE 31 Mechanical Drawings Reference mounting plane II 5 ss ss ss ss us ss ss 1 em i 4x2 holes M4 J 4 sides 2 05 6 35 MINIMI m e Reference 2 5 0 45 6H 4 5 i Corner Mote All dimensions are in millimeters fhe 4M 2222 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Sensor alignment Z 103 150um 4k 10um X 7 52mm 2k 144m X 13 66mm X 2083mm 100 m 51214um X 2441mm 30mm 100 um Planarity 35 um Rotation X Y plan 0 2 Tilt versus lens mounting plane Reference corner First Pixel 12 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 32 Inpuft output Connectors and LED Multi colored LED for status And diagnostic Power Connector Hirose 6pts 12v to 24v Double CameraLink Connectors for all possible modes Medium Dual Base Multi colored LED for status And diagnostic Power Connector Hirose 6pts 12v to 24v Base CameraLink Connector 13 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 Status LED Behaviour After less than 2 seconds of power establishment the LED first lights up
28. Base for Base Medium for EM4 Data rate EM2 80MPixels s o EM4 160MPixels s Bit Depth 12 10 or 8 bits 100 Aperture Built in Anti blooming No Lag Automatic tap balance and FlatField correction Contrast expansion Up Table Standby low power mode Statistic functions on ROI Very compact design 93 x 56 x 43 mm h d Fully configurable with 2 5 CommCam UCL software L2 Key Specifications Note All values in LSB is given in 12 bits format 1 2 1 Machine Vision Versions BAO Characteristics Typical Value Unit Sensor Characteristics at Maximum Pixel Rate Resolution 512 1024 2048 2048 4096 Pixels pixel size square 14 14 14 14 14 14 10 10 10 10 Lm Max line rate EM4 4 Taps 210 126 7079 17079 3714 kHz Max line rate EM2 2 Taps 126 70 37 14 37 14 19 04 Radiometric Performance at Maximum Pixel Rate and minimum camera gain Bit depth 8 10 12 Bits Response broadband 164 164 164 82 82 LSB nJ cm Full Well Capacity 117500 electrons Response non linearity 0 05 PRNU 1 Dynamic range 68 dB 5 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 1 2 2 OCT Spectrometer versions BA9 Characteristics Sensor Characteristics at Maximum Pixel Rate Resolution pixel size square Max line rate EM4 4 Taps Max line rate EM2 2 Taps Bit depth Response at 840nm Full Well Capacity Response non linearity PRNU Dynamic range Typica
29. EV71YEM4CL2014 BA9 2k 14 28 4x40MHz or 2x80MHz 70 KHz EV71YEM4CL1014 BA9 14jumx28um 4x40MHz or 2x80MHz 126 KHz EV71YEM2CL2010 BA9 2k 10umx20um 2x40MHz 37 KHz EV71YEM2CL2014 BA9 2k 14umx28pum 2x40MHz 37 KHz EV71YEM2CL1014 BA9 144mx28 m 2x40MHz 70 KHz 7 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 e CAMERA PERFORMANCES 2 1 Camera Characterization AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 2 1 1 Machine Vision Versions BAO Unit Min Gain 24dB Min Av Gain 12dB Min T Max Gain OdB Max Min Typ Max Dark Noise RMS LSB 1 6 2 6 6 4 27 Dynamic Range 2730 1 635 1 160 1 SNR dB 48 42 35 Light RMS Noise LSB 11 1 Non Linearity 2 between 10 and 90 s E 1 5507 Without Flat Field Correction Half saturation FPN rms LSB 0 3 2 1 4 FPN peak peak LSB 2 7 7 30 PRNU hf 0 2 05 0 2 0 2 PRNU peak peak 7 1 3 1 5 1 8 With Flat Field Correction PRNU hf LSB 0 7 2 15 3 4 2 PRNU peak peak LSB 5 10 5 24 2 1 2 OCT Versions BA9 Unit Min Gain 24dB Av Gain 12dB Max Gain OdB Typ Max Min Typ Max Min Typ Max Dark Noise RMS LSB 1 3 26 6 4 27 Dynamic Range MERE 31501 635 1 160 1 Light RMS Noise LSB 7 7 SNR dB 48 42 35 Non Linearity between 10 and 90 i 3 Without Flat Field Correction Half saturation FPN rms LSB 0 3
30. FFC FPN amp PRNU into FFC bank number RestoreFFCFromBank lt val gt SaveFFCToBank val between 1 and 4 w rffc val Load current user FFC from FFC bank number val val between and 4 O is a virtual bank that reset ffc coefficients Get the current user FFC bank used saved or loaded Feature GeniCam Command FPN user coefficients w ffco addr val Write 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from PRNU User Calibration FFCCalibrationctrl the addr address val is the concatenation of individual FPN values without space between the values one unsigned short per coefficient r ffco lt addr gt Read 128 consecutive FPN user coefficients starting from lt addr gt address Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient PRNU user coefficients wffcg lt addr gt lt val gt Write 128 consecutive PRNU user coefficients starting from the addr address val is the concatenation of individual PRNU values without space between the values one unsigned short per coefficient r ffcg lt addr gt Read 128 consecutive PRNU user coefficients starting from lt addr gt address Returned value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient 68 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 10 8 Look up Table LUTEnable Disable LUT Fa
31. Max and recall one of the four global settings Camera Configuration FFC Line Balance when required 38 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 5 3 7 1 Activation Filter and Auto Adjust FFC Activation FFCEnab e Enable disable the Flat Field Correction This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction section S Flat Field correction 5 Flat Field correction Disabled Read function ffcp Returns the FFC Status 0 if disabled 1 if enabled gt Write function ffcp 1 Enable the FFC w ffcp Disabled the FFC Low band Filter FFCF fer Control the FFC Low Band Filter This command is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section Flat field correction El Automatic calibration Low band filter Disabled gt Read function ffcf Returns the Filter Status O if disabled gt Write function ffcf Disable the Low Band Filter ffcf 1 Set the filter to 1 neighbour pixel ffcf 24 Set the filter to 2 neighbour pixels ffcf 34 Set the filter to neighbour pixels What is the use of the Low Band Filter The basic idea of this filter is to get a uniform white target before processing the Flat Field correction PRNU coefficients even by using only a white non moving paper as target for the scene This fi
32. S 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 10 10 Privilege Level Feature Command PriwlegeLevel Get camera running privilege level 9 gp g Privilege Factory 1 Privilege Advanced User 2 Privilege User ChangePrivilegeLevel Lock camera privilege to User w lock val Unlock camera privilege depending on val minz256 max 232 1 10 11 Save amp Restore Settings Feature GenIcam Command Load Camera Settings w rcfg lt val gt Load configuration from bank number val UserSetLoad lt val gt between O and 5 is factory settings and 5 is Integrator bank UserSetSave lt val gt between 1 and 4 Only if privilege is set to 1 70 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 11 APPENDIX F Revision History Manual Comments Details Revision First release release Doc correction BAY line rates CommCam 1 2 5 needed for some Frame Grabbers EM2 EM4 new sensor 1k 144m and 512 14um 71 1013D AVIIVA 2 4 02 11 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Firmware version 15 compliant Version EM4 4010 BAO EM4 2010 BA9 EM24000BA0 EM22014BA0 EM 2014 9 EM22010B49 EM40514 BAO 4 0514 BAO e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 EM2 EM4 new sensor 1k 144m and 512 144m Test Patterns Characterization Values Mount details New CommCam 2 x T2 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4
33. UsersetSelector Factory Usersetsayve Done Done CurrentUserSet Factory Load settings from Bank Allows to restore the Camera settings gt Read function rcfg Get the current Tap Bank in use gt Write function w rcfg lt val gt Load settings from bank val 0 Factory 1 to 4 for User 5 for Integrator Save settings to Bank Allows to save the Camera settings in User or Integrator Bank gt Write function w scfg lt val gt Save the current settings in the User bank val 1 to 4 for User 5 for Integrator The integrator bank 5 can be written only if the Camera is set in integrator mode Privilege level 1 This integrator bank can be used as lt Factory default gt by a system integrator 48 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 6 APPENDIX Test Patterns 6 1 Test 1 Vertical wave The Test pattern 1 is a vertical moving wave each new line will increment of 1 gray level in regards with the previous one gt In12 bits the level reaches 4095 before switching down to gt 10 bits the level reaches 1023 before switching down to gt In8bits the level reaches 255 before switching down to 6 2 Test Pattern 2 In 8 bits format 6 2 1 512 Pixels Pixel 1 e 3 4 5 T 509 510 511 512 Value 0 1 1 2 254 254 255 255 6 2 2 1024 Pixels Pixel 1 2 3 4 5 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024
34. an external trigger via CC1 but the exposure time is the one defined in the Camera If the line period of the Trig signal provided to the camera 15 lower than the exposure time set in the camera the short trig pulses will be ignored The exposure set in the camera defines the minimum line period possible td 4 I th E tint 4 6 EXPOSURE N EXPOSURE N 1 Label Min Typical Max Unit sm o 1 ase tr MP usec th 0 3 sec td 0 25 usec tir mec The Minimum Line period taken in account by the Camera is the maximum between MinLP Exposure time td tdr And LPmin Ext Trig Full Exposure time available This mode requires an external trigger via CC1 The exposure time is the maximum possible value between two Tri pulses In this mode the exposure time set in the camera is ignored Avoid this mode f your trigger is not stable variable line period The exposure of each line could then be different If the period of the trig signal is less than the readout time the Camera won t send any signal Label Min Typical Unit Mper tper LPmin usec READOUT N 1 READOUT N 29 10130 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 4 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Ext Trig with Exposure Time Controlled ITC with one Tri This mode
35. are available set of 2 and they can be fixed on any side of the front face Set of 2 x Heat Sinks Part number AT 1KFPAVIVA CAA One heat sink can decrease the temperature of the front face of about 5 C down 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 Z2 Temperature dropping Some measurements have been done to establish the dropping temperature steps between different control points gt Ambient room temperature burning room with controlled pulsed air Front Face of the Camera Internal Temperature sensor measure available with CommCam Temperature Dropping 4 Front face Electronic O O O CO O Camera Temperature 20 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Temperature Room It has been established that the steps are the following after a certain time gt Ambient room to Front Face about 10 C gt Front Face to internal sensor about 15 C Then an average of 25 C between the room ambient temperature and the internal sensor The specification limits have been fixed at gt 45 C for the ambient temperature gt 55 C for the Front Face gt 70 C internal Sensor The ambient temperature is necessary defined here as a pulsed air or with an air flow around the camera otherwise the temperature around the Camera is not homogeneous and can be much more important than the one measu
36. atus Temperature amp Standby It can be accessed in CommCam software in the Status section m Temperature 38 t Standby state Enable i Error on hardware 0 Status warning FFE balance underflow 0 Status warning or balance overflow D Status wait For trigger Status trigger too Fast Temperature Temperature Get internal Temperature gt Read function temp Return by the camera Temperature in Q10 2 format 8 bits signed 2 bits below comma Value is between 512 to 511 in C The temperature Sensor is placed on the CCD driver Pcb Board close to the Sensor itself The Temperature displayed is one of the highest possible in the Camera Then it can be monitored to activate the standby mode in case of too high temperature see insert below The limits are always referenced by the internal temperature sensor cf APPENDIX Thermal Management e Standby Mode Standby Activation of the Standby mode of the Camera gt Read function stby Returned by the camera Boolean 0 Disable Standby mode False 1 Enable stanby mode True gt Write function stby val val is or 1 Internal Temperature LH A standby mode what for The Standby mode stops all activity on the Standby Off sensor level The power dissipation drops down to less than 4W During the standby mode the Camera carry on sending black images thro
37. d after e There is a possible mismatch between the major version of xml file used by CommCam and the firmware version of the Camera e Possible Hardware error or Camera disconnected after being listed gt Contact the hotline hotline cam e2v com e There is a possible mismatch between the minor version of xml file used by CommCam and the firmware version of the Camera Default values of the Camera out of range gt Contact the hotline hotline cam e2v com e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 10 APPENDIX COMMAND SUMMARY 10 1 Information Feature Gentcam Command DeviceVendorName Get camera vendor name as a string 32 bytes long including AO DeviceModelName Get camera model name as a string 32 bytes long including ANO DeviceFirmwareVersion dfwv Get camera synthetic firmware version PKG version as a string 16 bytes long including DeviceVersion r dhwv Get camera version as a string hardware version 32 bytes long including DeviceManufacturerInfo Get camera ID as a string 128 bytes long including DeviceUserID r cust Get device user identifier as a string 128 bytes long including Set camera identifier to lt idstr gt ElectronicBoardID Read Electronic Board ID 102 Dump and Communication Feature GenfCam 01 Command Dum _ Avalable in CommCam only w baud 12 Set CL RS232 baudrate to 115200Bds Baudrate w baud 1 Set CL RS232 baudrate to
38. elector All Get global of fset Tap1 Gain r fgal Get tap 1 Digital gain Dynamically updated on AnalogAll gain GainAbs changes GainSelector DigitalTapl w fgal val Set tap 1 digital gain from 128 to 127by step 1 0 0021dB GainAbs changes 0 0021dB GainAbs changes 0 0021dB GainAbs changes 0 0021dB BlackLevelRaw changes BlackLevelSelector off1 lt val gt Set tap 1 black level from 128 to 127 step 1 Tap2 Offset of 2 Get tap 2 black level Dynamically updated on All BlackLevel BlackLevelRaw changes BlackLevelSelector w off2 val Set tap 2 black level from 128 to 127 step 1 Offset EM4 only r off3 Get tap 3 black level Dynamically updated on All BlackLevel BlackLevelRaw changes BlackLevelSelector Tap3 w off3 val Set tap 3 black level from 128 to 127 step 1 Tap4 Offset EM4 only roff4 Get tap 4 black level Dynamically updated on All BlackLevel BlackLevelRaw changes BlackLevelSelector Tap4 w of f4 val Set tap 4 black level from 128 to 127 step 1 67 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 10 7 Flat Field Correction FFC Correction w ffcp O Disable Flat Field Correction processing FFCEnable FPNcalibrationctrl once finished auto disable once finished Get the PRNU user calibration status FPN Reset FPNResef PRNU Reset P amp NUResef FFC user bank save load w sffc val Save current user
39. ge Format section B 3 Image Format Jl size 4096 Output mode Medium 12bits signal source Disable test image pattern Disable test image pattern Test image pattern 1 Test image pattern 2 gt Read function r srce Returned by the camera if Source from the Sensor and 1 if test pattern active gt Write function srce value to switch to CCD sensor image 1 to switch to Test Pattern 1 Detailed in APPENDIX A 2 to switch to Test Pattern 2 Detailed in APPENDIX A The test pattern is generated in the FPGA It s used to point out any interface problem with the Frame Grabber 25 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Output mode OufpufMode Set the CameraLink Output mode refer to Chap 3 2 3 CameraLink Output Configuration This command is available in the CommCam Image Format section Image Format 5 6 2096 Medium 1 2bits gt BB Signal source Medium Shits Medium 1Obits Medium T2bits obits Base 1056 Base 12645 Read function mode Returned by the camera Output mode from O to 5 see below Values from O to 2 are reserved for EM4 only gt Write function mode value detailed in the table below Modes Connector CL1 Connector CL2 Mode value Base 40Mhz EM2 or 80MHz EM4 2 Channels interlaced 8bits 2 x 40MHz or 80Mhz 8 bits
40. he LED is HS defect else Contact Hotline for Check power supply RMA And its characteristics Contact Hotline for RMA Camera waits for Trigger or Trigger too fast 62 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 92 Commcam Connection Defect Can t find the Camera After launching CommCam the Icon of the Camera is not visible An e2v Camera is detected but not identified A question Mark icon appears in place of the one of the AVIIVA Impossible to connect to the identified Camera The message Impossible to open device is displayed Error message is displayed just after the connection 63 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 um A r Erny rada DEN Eats Detail I m Commtctam bla to apen devia awe 1 Era IDE mien AVIIVAO 2 4 Solutions e The Camera is not powered up or the boot sequence is not finished e The CameraLink cable is not connected or connected on the bad connector e Check if the CameraLink libraries clallserial dll and clserXXX dll are in the same directory either system32 or program files cameralink serial e The Frame Grabber is compliant with CameraLink standard 1 1 gt Contact the hotline hotline cam e2v com e The version of CommCam used is too old You have to use the version 1 2 x an
41. ht click on each value and ask for an individual refresh 5 3 10 Privilege Level There are 3 privilege levels for the camera Factory 0 Reserved for the Factory gt Integrator 1 Reserved for system integrators User 2 For all Users The Cameras are delivered in Integrator mode They can be locked in User mode and a specific password is required to switch back the Camera in Integrator mode This password can be generated with a specific tool available from the hotline hotline cam e2v com This function is available in the Privilege section 00000 5 Camera privilege level Factory made Change privilege level Privilege level Management Privi egeLeve Get the current Camera privilege level gt Read function lock Get the current Tap Bank used Returned by the camera O to 2 gt Write function w lock lt val gt val is as follow 2 Lock the Camera in Integrator or privilege User computed value Unlock the Camera back Integrator mode 47 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 11 Save amp Restore Settings The settings or Main configuration of the Camera can be saved in 4 different User banks and one Integrator bank This setting includes also the FFC and LUT enable This function is available in the Save amp Restore Settings section POT B Save amp restore settings 741 B
42. i i E Flat Field correction Vis Save amp restore FFCSetSelector Liser 1 H Save to bank Done Load FFC to bank Done B CurrentFFCSe Liser 4 Restore FFC from Bank RestorefFCFromBank Restore the FFC from Bank in the current Read function r rffc Get the current FFC Bank used Returned by the camera O for Factory bank or 1 to 4 for User banks gt Write function rffc lt val gt Bank val 1 to 4 for User banks Note Factory means neutral FFC no correction Save in User Bank SaveFFCToBank Save current FFC in User Bank gt de read gt Write function w sffc lt val gt User bank val if from 1 to 4 FFC User Bank Usage User a loaded in RAM p At the power up Last User Bank used is Reset a User bank aa Reset the RAM FPN PRNU individually Save in the bank to 5 5 reset Reset FPN Reset PRNU 43 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 8 Look Up Table The User can define an upload a LUT in the Camera that can be used at the end of the processing The LUT is defined as a correspondence between each of the 4096 gray levels in 12 bits with another outputted value For example a negative or reverse LUT is the following equivalence Real value Output value 0 4095 1 4094 2 4093 Then the size of each value is 12bits but the exchanges with the A
43. ith Integration time maximum in the line period 3 Ext ITC Integration Time Controlled The same Trig signal defines the line period and its low level defines the integration time 4 Ext Trig with two trig signal CC2 defines the start of the integration and defines the Stop of the integration gt Write function w sync value 27 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 Timing Specifications gt Forall the modes detailed below the READOUT is given as NbPixels NbTaps 40MHz Unit usec usec The necessary delay between the end of integration and the beginning of the readout tdr is calculated as 53 pixels at 40MHz tdr 1 325ys gt Inthe following timing diagrams the line Period min is defined as LPmin Readout tdr Free Run This mode doesn t require an external trigger In this case the line period tper can be defined in the Camera see below but the real line period of the camera depends also on the exposure time tint set gt If tint gt tper the line period is equal to tint READOUT N 1 READOUT N gt tint ee lt tdr gt If tper gt tint the line period is equal to tint Tber READOUT N 1 READOUT N i tdr 28 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Ext Trig with Exposure time set in the camera This mode requires
44. l Value Unit 1024 2048 2048 Pixels 14x28 14x28 10x20 um 126 70 79 70 79 kHz 70 37 14 37 14 Radiometric Performance at Maximum Pixel Rate and minimum camera gain 8 10 12 Bits 120 120 78 LSB nJ cm 312500 312500 238000 electrons 0 05 1 70 dB 20 Power Spectral Density Power Spectral Density is a specific test for BA9 version Contact Hotline for more info 1 2 3 Common Characteristics Functionality Programmable via Control Interface Gain Offset Trigger Mode Mechanical and Electrical Interface Size w x h x Weight Lens Mount Sensor alignment see chapter 4 Sensor flatness Power supply Power dissipation Low power mode General Features Operating temperature Storage temperature Regulatory 6 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EMA 02 11 Up to 32 4096 to 4096 dB LSB Timed Free run and triggered Ext Trig Ext ITC modes 93 x b6 x 43 with lateral heatsinks 60 x b6 x 43 without lateral heatsinks 310 without mount but includes lateral heatsinks F T2 42 1 compliant with AVIIVA SMe series 100 35 Single 12 DC to 24 DC 11 4 O to 55 front face or 70 Internal 40 to 70 CE FCC and RoHS compliant e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 1 5 Description The AVIIVA EM2 EM4 is designed to set new standards for line scan cameras in term of speed and image quality With resolutions of up to 4096 pixels and the design of new CCD image sensors it deliver
45. less effect than the Offset and your balancing won t be efficient gt Launch the Tap Gain Balance The process takes a few seconds and can be interrupted when you want gt You can save the result in memory result for both Gains and offsets Infernal Process During the calibration process the Camera calculates averages on some strategic ROIs around the junction between taps and then estimates the slope of the tangents and then the projections on each side of the Junction O gt Right projection w O B C C i o a Left projection Average area 24 lt gt T d Average area Average distance area width The adjustment between these two neighbor taps is calculated to cancel the difference between the two projections right and left 34 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 e Automatic Gain amp Offset Tap balance All the commands are available in the CommCam Gain amp Offset Automatic Balance section PONT B CQ Gains amp Offsets A7 0 21 9 Automatic balance i Gain balance control Done Gain balance control abort Done Offset balance control Done Offset balance control abort Done o Offsets Balance A ackLeve AutoBalance gt Read function r Returns the Offset Balance status 1 for running and O for stopped gt Write function balo 1 Starts the offset balance The value switches back
46. lse Enable LUT True LUT Values lutc lt addr gt Read 128 LUT coefficients starting from address lt addr gt from O to 4095 128 Return value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coef w lutc addr val Write 128 LUT coefficients starting from address lt addr gt form O to 4095 128 val is the concatenation of individual LUTvalue without space between values 10 9 Statistics and Line Profile Feature GenICom Command LineAverageProfile Get the line Line Average Profile status 1 running O finished Run the Line Average Profile PixelAccessLineNumer Get the number of line for average w pixl val Set the number of line to accumulate val 1 256 512 1024 Pixels values pixv lt addr gt Read 128 pixel values starting from address lt addr gt from SensorWidth 128 1 Return value is in hexadecimal without space between values one unsigned short per coef PixelRoiStart prod prod val Set Roi start for pixel statistic computing O to SensorWidth 1 PixelRoi Width Get Roi width prow val Set Roi width for pixel statistic computing 1 to Sensor Width PixelROIMean Get ROI Mean format U12 4 PixelROIStandardDeviati r Get ROI Standard deviation format U12 4 on Pi PixelROIMin Get ROI Min format U12 4 PixelROIMax Get ROI Max format U12 4 69 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SA
47. lter can also be distinguished from the Flat Field Correction and used as an online pixel correction at least when its value is set to 1 neighbor pixel Whatever the level of filter used it will correct only high band noise and have a poor effect on low band non uniformity noise Then the result of any pre filtering of the white target before FFC will depends on the magnification used in the system And the size of the non uniformities to be corrected 39 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 FFC Adjust Function This Feature is available in the CommCam Flat Field Correction Automatic Calibration section Flat Field correction Automatic calibration B Fic adjust Disable Fic adjust target 2048 o Gains adjust FFCAdjus Enable Disable the function Read function r ffad Returns the status of the function if disabled Write function w Disable the Adjust function 1 Enable the Adjust function o Auto Adjust Target Level FFCAutoTargetfLevel set the value for the User Target gt Read function tfad Returns the Target value from to 4095 gt Write function tfad lt value gt Set the Target Value in 12bits FFC Adiust qood usage When there are several Cameras to set up in a system on a single line the most difficult is to have a uniform lightning whole along the
48. mCam Gain amp Offset section iN 4 23 Gains amp Offsets Preamp gain B Offset dE Digtal Gain D 8 gt Read function gain Returned by the camera Value from O to 6193 corresponding to a Gain range of OdB to 8dB calculated as following Gain dB 20 log 1 Gain 4096 gt Write function w gain 33 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 6 2 Balance How to perform Tap Balance Why and when performing a Tap Balance Each output of the sensor Tap has its own analog Chain and behavior There could have some discrepancies between these outputs in extreme conditions of Gain or temperature The Tap balance is already performed in factory for each level of Preamp Gain If necessary the Tap balance can be performed again by the User on both Offsets and Gains The Procedure is the following Tap Balance by Offsets Cover the Lens of the camera to get a dark uniform target This is not recommended to perform an Offset balance under light conditions Launch the Tap Offset Balance The process takes a few seconds and can be interrupted when you want Tap Balance by Gains gt Provide an uniform light target to the camera This is recommended to have a global level of around at least 70 of the saturation otherwise with a low light level 30 of the Saturation the Gain has
49. ole region of interest gt Read function Get the Minimum value Returned by the camera Unsigned format value U12 4 o Pixel Max Value Pixe ROIMax Maximum gray level pixel value on the whole region of interest gt Read function pmax Get the maximum value Returned by the camera Unsigned format value U12 4 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Pixel access Line number Pixe AccessLineNumer Set the number of lines to accumulate gt Read function pixl Get the number of line Returned by the camera 1 256 521 or 1024 gt Write function w pixl val Set the number of lines val is 1 256 512 or 1024 Pixel ROI Start Pixe Ro Start Set the Region of Interest start position gt Read function prod Get the starting pixel Returned by the camera value between and Sensor Width 1 gt Write function w prod val Set the starting pixel val is between and Sensor Width 1 Pixel ROI Width Pixe RoiWidth Set the Width of the Region of Interest gt Read function prow Get the width in pixel Returned by the camera value between 1 and SensorWidth gt Write function w prow val Set the ROI width in pixels val is between 1 and SensorWidth After performing a line profime measurement all the values computed which are described below are not refreshed automatically in CommCam You have to rig
50. or other devices in accordance with information contained herein 1013D 2 4 02 11 semiconductors
51. ower supply cable A Camera Link data transfer cable ref 14B26 SZLB 500 OLC 3M e2v recommends using the same configuration to ensure the compliance with the following standards 41 Conformity The AVIIVA EM2 EM4 cameras comply with the requirements of the EMC European directive 2004 108 CE EN50081 2 EN 61000 6 2 4 2 FCC Conformity The AVIIVA EM2 EM4 cameras further comply with Part 15 of the FCC rules which states that Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and 7 4 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interferenceat his own expense Warning Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to o
52. perate this equipment 4 3 RoHs Conformity AVIIVA EM2 EM4 cameras comply with the requirements of the RoHS directive 2002 95 EC 17 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 4 GETTING STARTED 41 1 Out of the box The contains of the Camera box is the following T I h I 2094 54 ad Bim pese i l GET CHO Jn eet Pow wer Connect There is no CDROM delivered with the Camera This User Manual but also the Pleora PureGeV Package DemoGeV and all documentation associated to the GigE Vision GenICam standards be downloaded from the web site This ensure you to have an up to date version Camera page ec era On the appropriate Camera pm EMI you 7 find a download link first version of Commcam compliant is indicated in the last Chapter PureGeV package and its documentation requires a login password Login gt Password 18 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 42 Setting up in fhe system 19 Vocabulary w size of the sensor line 40 96mm for the 4k 10um FOV Field Of View width of the web inspected by the sensor line in mm L Working distance from the Lens to the Web in mm f focal distance of the lens in mm S Speed of the web in mm s We have w FOV f L The ratio M w FOV is called Magnification The FOV is grabbed by 4096 pixels in
53. pplication PC are done on 16 bits For 4096 gray levels from O to 4095 the total file size for a LUT is 8Ko If this LUT is enables the Contrast Expansion feature digital Gain and Offset will be disabled LUT Enable LU 7Enab e Enable the LUT and sizable the Digital Gain Offset This function is available in the LUT section Read function r lute Get the LUT status Returned by the camera O is LUT disabled 1 if enabled gt Write function w lute lt val gt val is O for disable 1 for enable El Click Far extended control LurEnable Disable Ji LUT value size 2 Upload Download the LUT coefficients Direct access to the LUT coefficients for reading writing In CommCam the User can access to a specific interface by clicking on click for extended control in the LUT section B Groy Lipase hem camara gt Read function lutc addr Read 128 LUT coefficients starting from address addr from O to 4095 128 Returned value is the concatenation in hexadecimal of individual LUT values without space between values one unsigned short per coefficient 44 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 45 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 gt Write function w lutc addr val Write 128 LUT coefficients starting from address addr form O to 4095 128 val
54. red in the room 56 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 7 3 Performance curves versus Temperature These curves have been established with a 4k Pixel Camera worst case gt The Camera Temperature is given by the internal Sensor of the Camera gt All the values in LSB are in 12 bits Noise RMS vs Temperature e Premp gain 24dB e Premp gain OdB 25 20 Noise RMS Lsb 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Camera Temperature Noise vs Temperature For both Min an Max preamp Gain values Noise RMS vs Temperature Detail at Preamp gain 24dB 1 7 1 66 o 1 62 o oc o 1 58 z 1 54 1 5 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Camera Temperature C Noise vs Temperature Detailed curve for the Min preamp Gain value The Cameras tuning is done in factory after a certain time of warm up close to a normal condition of use in order to ensure that the Camera will give its best while runing 24h day This explains a slight decreasing of the noise when the temperature rises up 57 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 58 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 gt The mean offset is the average value of the whole line of the sensor gt FPN peak to peak is the worst value for the whole line of
55. requires an external trigger via CC1 Both exposure time and line period are defined by this Trig signal The exposure time during the low level of the Trig Signal Label Min Typical Max Unit The line period between two rising edges of the Trig Signal dm faf psec tper LPmin asec or uc 142 rd EE E tint EXPOSURE N EXPOSURE N 1 READOUT N 1 READOUT N Ext Trig with Integration Time Controlled ITC with two Trigs This mode requires two external triggers via CC1 and CC2 gt CC2 controls the starting of the exposure time Label Min Typical Max Unit gt CCl controls the end of the exposure time tint 1 psec The line period is defined by the one of the CC2 Trig signal LPmin psec 01 i td2 1 4 EXPOSURE N EXPOSURE READOUT N 1 READOUT tdr 30 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Exposure time Exposure TimeAbs Defines the exposure time when set in the Camera This command is available in the CommCam Exposure section E Exposure Exposure time TT BB cos mmis Je Line period B Synchronisation mode 0 1 5553 5 gt Read function r tint Returned the camera Integer from 10 to 6553
56. rget defined by the User When the FFC result is saved in memory the adjust gain and target are saved in the same time in order to associate this gain value with the FFC result 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 User Target value Adjustment gain Standard FFC computed on the max of the line s n UJ U Pixels How fo perform the Flat Field Correction FPN DSNU Calibration Cover the lens Launch the FPN Calibration Grab and calculation is performed in few seconds PRNU Calibration The User must propose a white gray uniform target to the Camera not a fixed paper The Gain Light conditions must give a non saturated image in any Line The Camera must be set in the final conditions of Light Gain and in the final position in the System I f required set a user target for the FFC adjust and enable it White uniform moving target gt Launch the FFC gt Enable the FFC gt You can save the FFC result both FPN PRNU in the same time one of the 4 x FFC User Banks gt user target and Gain are saved with the associated in the same memory Advices The AVIIVA EM2 EM4 Cameras have 4 x FFC Banks to save 4 x different FFC calibrations You can use this feature if your system needs some different conditions of lightning and or Gain because of the inspection of different objects You can perform one FFC per condition of Gain setting of the Camera 4
57. rt B1 B1 Port B2 B2 Port B3 B3 Port B4 B4 Port B5 B5 Port B6 B6 Port B7 B7 Port CO CO Port C1 Port C2 C2 Port C3 C3 Port C4 C4 Port C5 C5 Port C6 C6 Port C7 C7 15 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 Connector CL1 2 x 40MHz 2 x 40MHz 2 x 40MHz Connector CL1 Connector CL2 2 x 80MHz 2 x 80MHz 2 x 80MHz CameraLink Standard Medium mode in 4x40MHz CameraLink Standard Medium mode 4x40MHz CameraLink Standard Medium mode in 4x40MHz Medium mode for EM4 onl Medium 10bits AO Al A2 A3 A4 5 6 A7 A8 A9 nc nc B8 B9 Medium 12bits AO Al A2 A3 A4 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 16 Port Bit Port DO Port D1 Port D2 Port D3 Port D4 Port D5 Port D6 Port D7 Port EO Port El Port E2 Port E3 Port E4 Port E5 Port E6 Port E7 Port FO Port F1 Port F2 Port F3 Port F4 Port F5 Port F6 Port F7 Connector CL2 assiqnment table Medium 8 bits DO D1 D2 D3 54 D5 D6 D7 nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 EM4 onl Medium 10bits DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D D7 CO C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 nc nc 08 09 hc hc Medium 12bits DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 CO C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 D8 D9 D10 011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 C2V 4 STANDARD CONFORMITY The AVIIVA EM2 EM4 cameras have been tested using the following equipment shielded p
58. s state of the art performance without compromises Its rich built in features such as automatic FCC LUT or automatic tap balance are positioning it as the perfect choice for high demanding Machine Vision Applications BAO A specific rectangular pixels sensor version BA9 is dedicated to specific applications as Optical Coherence Tomography OCT or Spectrometer The EM2 EM4 benefits from e2v s long experience in imaging and the proven qualities of the AviivA family performances reliability and high precision mechanical design 14 gt Typical Applications Web Inspection metallurgy wood paper textile Process control pick and place positioning Print Inspection Sorting food postal parcel checks Surface inspection wafers Document archiving data archiving OCR and barcode reading OCT Spectrometer for BAY versions 15 Models Part Number Sensor Outputs Max Line Rate Machine Vision versions EV71YEM4CL4010 BAO 4k x 10um 4x40MHz or 2x80MHz 37 KHz EV71YEM4CL2014 BAO 2k x 14um 4x40MHz or 2x80MHz 70 KHz EV71YEM4CL1014 BAO 1k x 14m 4x40MHz or 2x80MHz 126 KHz EV71YEM4CL514 BAO 0 5k x 14um 4x40MHz 2x8OMHz 210 KHz EV71YEM2CL4010 BAO 4k x 10um 2x40MHz 19 KHz EV71YEM2CL2014 BAO 2k x 14m 2x40MHz 37 KHz EV71YEM2CL1014 BAO 1k x 14m 2x40MHz 70 KHz EV71YEM2CL514 BAO 0 5k x 14um 2x40MHz 126 KHz OCT Spectrometer versions EV71YEM4CL2010 BA9 2k 1 2 4x40MHz or 2x80MHz 70 KHz
59. the sensor gt All the LSB values are in 12 bits Mean offset vs Temperature 204 203 NO e Mean Offset 155 NO 200 199 198 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 Camera Temperature C 70 Average Offset vs Temperature At min preamp Gain value 24dB FPN p p vs Temperature FPN p p Lsb 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Camera Temperature FPN peak peak vs Temperature At min preamp Gain value 24dB 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 8 APPENDIX C Optical Mounts available 8 1 F Mount F Mount 10 Part number AT71KFPAVIVA ABA 258 2 ONQOY SSS SSE QS JI K p 3 5 9 2001 0 6 59 10130 AVIIVA 2 4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 8 2 C Mount C2 C3 255 S Hll 445 7 594 LL AL i L2 i a 24246 0 3045 e 250 Tp 23x92 8 120 60 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVA EM2 EM4 93 T2 amp M42x1 Mounts M42x0 75 T2 Mount Kit30 Part number AT71KFPAVIVA AKA M42x1 Mount 40 Part number AT71KFPAVIVA ADA 61 1013D A conductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 9 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING 91 Camera Camera Power up 20s Blinking If CommCam Green Hardware failure connection possible or Firmware loading then t
60. the width In order to get a ratio of 1 1 in your image at the web speed of S your line rate has to be set Line Rate S FOV x 4096 if the FOV 11 cm 110mm and the speed of the web is S 0 3 m s 300mm s the line rate will Line Rate 300 110 x 4096 11170 Lines s If you use a 60mm lens the working distance will be L 60 x 110 40 96 161mm This will certainly require a macro lens CCD Plan Focal Plan 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 CAMERA SOFTWARE INTERFACE 51 Control and Inferface As all the e2v Cameras the AVIIVA II is delivered with the friendly interface control software COMMCAM UCL as Ultimate Camera Link which is based on the GenICam standard COMMCAM recognizes and detects automatically all the UCL Cameras connected on any transport layers Camera Link or COM ports of your system Once connected to the Camera you have an easy access to all its features The visibility of these features can be associated to three types of users Beginner Expert or Guru Then you can make life easy for simple users E TBR Setup 7 Trerespcrt Layer EM 0 A Ecce rir OTe EDIT B Oeics ven on Bt ooo voe Dernsa bp pen ceni B esce Eu SC SEE Conrigi at ence camera derni i eben Por uen supa ate
61. time controlled by 1 signal ITC w sync 4 Set line period synchronisation start and period and integration time controlled by 2 signals Get current synchronisation mode Integration time Set integration time to lt val gt x100ns from 1 to 65535 Exposure TimeAbs r tint Get current integration time Line Period w tper lt val gt Set line period to val x100ns from 1 to 65535 LinePeriod Disabled if tper tint Get current line period 106 Gain and Offset Feature Command Preamp gain pamp val Set pre amplifier gain to O 24dB 1 18dB 2 12dB 3 GainAbs with 6dBdB 5 OdB analog gain GainSelector AnalogAl Change Tap balance settings to factory default GainAbs with zu 20 A 1 Gain 4096 GainSelector r regain sid Get current gain current gain BlackLevelAutoBalance once ooo Stop offset tap balance offset tap balance finished GainAutoBalance finished w balg O Stop gain tap balance r balg Get the gain tap balance status 1 for running O for finished Digital Gain w gdig lt val gt Set digital gain from to 255 20log 1 val 64 dB GainAbs with r gdig Get digital gain GainSelector 66 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Digital Offset w offs val Set global offset from 4096 to 4095 in 12bits LSB BlackLevelRaw with numeric offset BlackLevelS
62. tomatically disabled if the LUT is enabled 36 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 7 Flat Field Correction 37 How is performed the Flat Field Correction 2 What is the Flat Field correction FFC The Flat Field Correction is a digital correction on each pixel which allows gt correct the Pixel PRNU Pixel Response Non Uniformity and DSNU Dark Signal Non Uniformity gt Correct the shading due to the lens gt correct the Light source non uniformity Before After How is calculated Applied the FFC The FFC is a digital correction on the pixel level for both Gain and Offset gt Each Pixel is corrected with o Offset on 8 bits Signed Int 5 3 They cover a dynamic of t16LSB 12bits with a resolution of 1 8 LSB 12bits A Gain on 14 bits Unsigned Int 14 with a max gain value of x3 The calculation of the new pixel value is P P Off 1 Gain 8192 The FFC processing can be completed with an automatic adjustment to a global target This function is designed as Adjust This adjustment to a User target is done by an internal hidden gain which is re calculated each time the FFC is processed while the FFC adjust function is enabled The FFC is always processed with the max pixel value of the line as reference If enabled the FFC adjust module located at the output of the FFC module calculates the adjustment gain to reach the ta
63. ugh the CameraLink outputs in order to avoid any disruption in the application system Once the Standby mode turned off the Camera recover in less than ims to send images again from the sensor Standby On x Al Time mn 24 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 Camera status Get the Camera status register gt Read function stby Returned by the camera 32bits integer StatusWaitForTrigger No trig received from more than 1sec Bit 1 StatusTriggerTooFast Missing triggers Trig signal too fast Bits 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 reserved Bit 8 StatusWarningOverflow True is an overflow occurred during FFC or Tap balance processing Bit 9 StatusWarningUnderflow True is an overflow occurred during FFC or Tap balance processing Bits 10 11 12 13 14 15 Reserved Bit 16 StatusErrorHardware True if hardware error detected Bits 17 to 31 Reserved 5 3 4 Image Format CCD Size SensorWidth Gives the number of pixel of the CCD This value is available in the CommCam Image Format section gt Read function r ccdz Return by the camera Integer 512 to 4096 depending on the sensor embedded in the Camera gt Cannot be written Signal source Tes IrmageSelector Defines if the data comes from the Sensor the FPGA test Pattern This command is available in the CommCam Ima
64. ve been detected as too high or too low in the source image to be corrected efficiently The Calculation result will be proposed anyway as it s just a warning message The Status Register is the changed and displayed in CommCam Status section Ji Status warning or balance overflow Register status is detailed chap 86 3 3 4 1013D AVIIVA EM2 EM4 02 11 e2v semiconductors SAS 2011 AVIIVAO EM2 EM4 5 3 7 3 Manual Flat Field Correction The FFC Coefficients can also be processed outside of the Camera or changed manually by accessing directly their values in the Camera This is the Manual FFC In CommCam the User can access to a specific interface by clicking on click for extended control in both Manual FFC calibration and Manual FPN calibration sections Sante E File selection File Type section amp Fie fect Gary Lipid hr camara Upad rem camera Docet Dread te camera This will allow the user to upload download out in the Camera the FFC coefficients in from a binary or text file that can be processed externally It is recommended to setup the baud rate at the maximum value possible 115000 for example 42 otherwise the transfer can take a long time FPN coefficients modification Direct access to the FPN coefficients for reading or writing The FPN coefficients are read packets of x128 coefficients gt Read function r ffco addr

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